EAVEEAVE: News2019-02-14T14:42:05ZCopyright (c) 2019, lillakExpressionEnginetag:https://eave.org/news,2019:01:29ALAN FOUNTAIN SCHOLARSHIP FUNDtag:https://eave.org/news,2016:/8.28792016-03-11T11:41:26Z2016-04-18T08:11:27ZWeb administratorroxana@eave.orgwww.eave.orgAs we announced earlier, our beloved longtime collaborator, Alan Fountain, died earlier this month. Alan Fountain initially joined EAVE in 2000 and since that time actively served in several important capacities, from Head of Studies to our President. During his time with EAVE, he worked directly with over 1000 participants – from every corner of Europe as well as many from the rest of the world – doubtlessly changing their careers and profoundly affecting their professional lives.

A scholarship has been set up in the name of, and especially to honour the memory of Alan Fountain, who passed away on March 3, the opening day of this year’s first EAVE Producers Workshop. Donations are now being collected for the EAVE ALAN FOUNTAIN INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND.

The goal of EAVE ALAN FOUNTAIN INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND is to enable one producer from outside the EU, and preferably with a documentary project, to participate in all three sessions of the EAVE Producers Workshop each year.

To make a donation for the EAVE ALAN FOUNTAIN INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND, please find the PayPal link at the bottom of the page or the bank details below:

Please fill in the reference or the reason for the bank transfer, labelling it: «IN MEMORY ALAN FOUNTAIN»

EAVE is Europe’s leading training, development and networking organization for producers. In addition to our flagship programme, the renowned EAVE Producers Workshop, we are involved in a variety of programmes in Europe, Asia, Latin America, Russia, Africa and the Middle East.

Founded in 1988, our objective is to provide professional training opportunities and to bring producers from different regions of the world together with the aim of facilitating co-production relationships. EAVE’s unique international network now comprises over 1,700 producers and key decision makers (funders, sales agents, distributors, commissioning editors etc.).

Alan Fountain, with grace, intelligence and kindness, was instrumental in growing EAVE and contributing to our ability to realise its goal of excellence. We all miss him.

]]>About EAVEtag:https://eave.org/about,2010:/6.132010-11-29T15:32:25Z2018-06-01T07:25:26ZWeb administratorroxana@eave.orgwww.eave.orgWorking with a worldwide network of partners we are involved in programmes for producers in Europe, Russia, Latin America, the Arab world, Asia and Africa.

Founded in 1988, our objectives are to provide professional training opportunities and to bring producers from different regions of the world together with the aim of facilitating co-production relationships. We believe that the support of independent voices, creative imagination and culturally driven companies within the global media industries is an urgent necessity in the 21st century. Through our work we aim to contribute towards the creation of strong networks of producers and to encourage the exchange of knowledge and skills which will strengthen independent production across the world.

EXTENDED DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: February 27

PUENTES is the most relevant and successful training programme for developing European-Latin American co-production as the track record of successful production shows: THE SHARKS (LOS TIBURONES), by Lucia Garibaldi & produced by Pancho Magnou (Montelona Cine, Uruguay) has premiered in Sundance World Cinema Dramatic Competition and has won the BEST DIRECTOR award.

Some other recent examples of films developed at PUENTES are for example I DREAM IN ANOTHER LANGUAGE, (SUEÑO EN OTRO IDIOMA), by Ernesto Contreras (Best Picture & Best Original Screenplay & Best Cinematography & Best Original Score & Best Sound & Best Actor at Mexico's 60th Ariel Awards 2018) THE HEIRESSES by Marcelo Martinessi (Silver Bear Alfred Bauer Prize & Silver Bear Best Actress & FIPRESCI Award & Teddy Readers’ Award at the Berlinale 2018, Premio Netflix Ópera Prima, Best Director at Latin America Fénix Film Awards 2018. The film has been nominated to represent Paraguay at Foreign Language Academy Awards race 2019) UN TRADUCTOR by Sebastián & Rodrigo Barriuso (Golden Goblet for Best Director at Shangai Film Festival 2018), and many more.

The above mentioned projects had been selected for the PUENTES – Europe / Latin America Co-Production Workshop, where the projects were developed over one year by the attending producers under the guidance of top notch consultants, working on the script development, the financial, co-production, marketing and distribution strategies and where the producers extended their professional network meeting key players of the industry in Europe and Latin America.

PUENTES is targeted at Latin American & European producersfocusing on project development, 10 of which will be selected for the workshop. We are also open to receive the applications of other European professionals interested in working with Latin America (sales agents, financiers, distributors, festival programmers, co-production market representatives) or European producers focusing on career development (not bringing a specific project) . 4-5 of them will be selected to be an active part of the group.

The 14-15 selected participants attend 2 workshops. The first one will be held in Lazio Region, Italy (June 10-14, 2019) in partnership with FVG Audiovisual Fund, with the support of MIBAC (Ministero dei Beni Ambientali e Culturali). Workshop 2 will be held in Montevideo, Uruguay (November 27 – December 1, 2019) in partnership with Mutante Cine, with the support of ICAU (Instituto de Cine y Audiovisual del Uruguay), Egeda, Montevideo Socio Audiovisual and Centro Cultural España.

Thanks to a special partnership, all participants are able to attend VENTANA SUR (December 2 – 7, 2019) in Buenos Aires after workshop 2.

For 2019, PUENTES has received support from IBERMEDIA PROGRAMME that will allow us to provide scholarships to participants from Latin America, Spain, Portugal and Italy.

The PUENTES workshop is made possible with the support of the Creative Europe - MEDIA Programme of the European Union and with the recognition of the Directorate-General for Cinema of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism.

]]>EAVE @ the 69th Berlin International Film Festivaltag:https://eave.org/news,2019:/8.40452019-02-05T09:32:40Z2019-02-05T13:25:41Zlillaklilla@eave.orghttp://www.eave.orgEAVE is proud to announce once more a very strong presence of EAVE projects & producers at this year's Berlin Film Festival: 9 FILMS IN COMPETITION, 15 projects in PANORAMA & PANORAMA DOKUMENTE, 5 at the FORUM, 8 at the GENERATION sections, 11 at the BERLINALE CO-PRODUCTION MARKET and numerous films by EAVE PRODUCERS at the EUROPEAN FILM MARKET!

EAVE CEO Kristina Trapp, EAVE graduates Elias Ribeiro (Realness Institute), Bongiwe Selane and Marit van den Elshout (IFFR Pro) will present the plans for Creative Producer Indaba, a new professional training, networking and leadership development programme for producers from Africa, Europe and North America to foster cooperation and co-production between the three continents.

ACE Producers are continuing their cooperation with the European Film Market (EFM) and the Berlinale Co-Production Market, and will be co-hosting the EFM Producers Hub on the 2nd floor of the Martin-Gropius-Bau during the 2019 Berlinale with a round table on February 11 from 11–12.30: “Strategies for Developing your Project at International Training Platforms”.

Several training initiatives will be presented at the event, Kristina Trapp EAVE CEO will introduce EAVE to interested producers.

SPEED MEETINGS WITH NORDIC COMPOSERS AND PRODUCERS/DIRECTOR - open for EAVE producers

HOW DOES IT WORK? Each director/producer gets to meet each composer - and vice versa. A meeting lasts 9 minutes, after which you move on to the next meeting. It is fun, it is enlightening and there is a meet and greet afterwards.

NORDIC FILM AND TV has been in the vogue for quite some time, introducing the world to series like The Killing, Borgen, The Bridge (Broen), Wallander and Skam and films from Kaurismäki, Lars von Trier, Bent Hamer, to name a few. In short, there is a lot of quality to be found here, not the least in the music. Now you have the chance to meet these composers.

Nordisk Film & TV Fond backed five new feature films and documentaries in December. Two of them are produced by EAVE graduates.

LAURA by Fanny Ovesen, producer: EAVE graduate Frida Bargo

EAVE project KIDS ON THE SILK ROAD, producer: EAVE graduate Maria Stevnbak Westergren is now financed and ready for production of new strong children films – 15 countries along the colorful ancient Silk Road, 15 children (11-14 years old) who give an insight into their lives and challenges. A documentary series for the whole family told from the children’s perspective, delving into rich cultural portraits and addressing universal issues of growing up. Among the directors are Kaspar Astrup Schröder, Simon Lereng Wilmont and Jens Pedersen.

EAVE project BLOODY EASTER by Jan Busta, producer: EAVE graduate EAVE graduate Lubomir Konecny has been presented at Pitch & Feedback in Karlovy Vary. The movie, based on true events from post-war Sudetenland, tells the story of the Czech boy JIRKA, who has to choose between the girl he loves and his best friend – a war orphan who has decided to target the girl’s German family as victims of his personal vendetta. The script based on real events was written by Magdalena Bittnerová and awarded by FILMOVÁ NADACE. Bloody Easter took part in Midpoint program (winning the Feature Launch Award) and eQuinoxe Europe. The Czech Film Fund for development supports the film. The Mayor of Liberec City took the patronage over the project.

WE ARE NOT ANIMALS by Nabil Ben Yadir, producer: EAVE graduate Benoît Roland receives Support from Wallimage. The film tackles a very painful subject, the murder of a young man in Liege, tortured overnight by four men simply because he was gay. The title of the film is taken from a sentence pronounced during the torturers' trial: "We are not animals!” The film will be produced by 10:80.

]]>EAVE project BREAKING SURFACE is now in productiontag:https://eave.org/news,2019:/7.40372019-01-29T15:50:21Z2019-01-29T16:52:22Zlillaklilla@eave.orghttp://www.eave.orgEAVE project BREAKING SURFACE by Joachim Heden, producer: EAVE graduate Julia Gebauer and Film Finance Forum graduate Jonas Sörensson is shooting. The film tells the story of Swedish/Norwegian half sisters who go on a winter diving trip in Northern Norway, when they get trapped after a rockslide. Julia Gebauer and Jonas Sörensson produce for Sweden’s Way Creative Films with co-producers Film i Väst, SVT, Film i Skåne, Umedia, Filmfond Nord and Screen Flanders. BREAKING SURFACE is shooting at Lites studios in Flanders at the world’s deepest water tank; it is the first film to shoot there. After Belgium, the film will shoot in Strömstad, Sweden; Lofoten, Norway; and Göteborg, Sweden. It wraps in mid-March. TrustNordisk has boarded sales for the movie and Nordisk Film will distribute in Scandinavia with the theatrical launch planned for the end of 2019.

IN THE DUSK by Sarunas Bartas, co-producers: EAVE graduates Petra Oplatkova, Janja Kralj, Artemio Benki, EAVE + graduate Gints Grube is in production. The film is set during the desperate guerrilla war that took place during the last phases of the Second World War and the first few post-war years. During that period, between 1944 and 1953, Lithuania witnessed turbulent battles between local partisans and the Soviet forces, which resulted in more than 50,000 casualties on both sides and a failed attempt to restore the Baltic country's independence. The feature is being produced by the director himself and Jurga Dikciuviene for Vilnius-based Studio Kinema, in co-operation with five European partners: Sirena Film (Czech Republic), KinoElektron (France), Biberche Productions (Serbia), Terratreme Films (Portugal) and Mistrus Media (Latvia). The project has received grants provided by the co-producing countries' film bodies – the Lithuanian Film Centre, the Czech Film Fund, Film Center Serbia, the CNC’s French-Portuguese co-production fund and the National Film Centre of Latvia. Filming started in Lithuania in December 2018, and the movie will be ready for theatrical release in the spring of 2020.

THE REPORT by Peter Bebjak, co-producers: EAVE graduates Marcel Lenz and Guido Schwab is shooting. The story is inspired by What Dante Did Not See, a book written by Alfred Wetzler, his testimony after escaping Auschwitz extermination camp with Rudolf Vrba in 1944. The report (“Vrba-Wetzler report”) eventually reached W. Churchill and F. Roosevelt and led to the saving of several thousands of Hungarian Jews. Bebjak is shooting the film on location in a replica of the camp built for the purposes in Slovakia (the parts in which the protagonists resided and moved around), while several scenes will be also shot in the Czech Republic. THE REPORT is being produced by D.N.A. (Slovakia) and co-produced by Evolution Films (Czech Republic), Agresywna Banda (Poland) and ostlicht filmproduktion (Germany). Slovak Audiovisual Fund and Radio and Television Slovakia financed the project as did Czech Television.

SEULES LES BÊTES by Dominik Moll, co-producer: EAVE graduate Verona Meier is shooting. The story, penned by the director with his regular writing partner Gilles Marchand, based on the novel of the same name by Colin Niel, begins with the disappearance of a woman. The day after a snowstorm, her car is discovered on a road leading up to a plateau where a handful of remote farms eke out a living. While the police have nothing to go on, five people are known to be linked to the disappearance. Each one harbours his or her own secret, but no one could have suspected that this whole affair began far away from this windswept wintry mountain, on an entirely different continent, where the searing sun burns bright and where poverty does not stop desire from laying down the law. The film is produced by Haut et Court and co-produced by Razor Film Produktion and France 3 Cinéma. Having been pre-purchased by Canal+ and Ciné+, the feature has also secured backing from Eurimages. The eight-week shoot will take place in France (in Sète and Florac) until 20 February, before continuing in Abidjan, where the final clapperboard will slam on 22 March.

]]>CALM WITH HORSES now in post-productiontag:https://eave.org/news,2019:/7.40362019-01-29T15:47:01Z2019-01-29T16:50:02Zlillaklilla@eave.orghttp://www.eave.orgCALM WITH HORSES by Nick Rowland, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney is in post-production. The drama is an adaptation of a novella from the acclaimed collection of short stories Young Skins by Irish writer Colin Barrett, published in 2013. Set in the gloomy Irish countryside, the story revolves around ex-boxer Douglas Armstrong, nicknamed “Arm” and a feared enforcer of the drug-dealing Devers family. In spite of his life of crime, Arm tries to be a good father to his autistic five-year-old son, Jack. Torn between these two families, the man's loyalty will be truly tested when he is asked to kill for the first time. CALM WITH HORSES was developed by British firms Film4 and DMC Film, with financial support granted by Northern Ireland Screen, Screen Ireland and the Galway Film Centre's Western Region Audiovisual Producers Fund.

THE CASTLE by Lina Luzyte, executive producer: EAVE graduate Lesley McKimm is in post-production. The film, shot in both English and Lithuanian, and penned by the director herself, is set in Dublin and centres on three characters: 13-year-old Lithuanian girl Monika, her mother Jolanta and her granny, who is suffering from dementia and requires 24/7 care. Monika dreams of becoming a famous musician and sees a concert taking place at The Castle as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Jolanta, once a professional pianist who had to take a job in a local fish factory, is sceptical and reluctant to support her daughter's dreams, and so she sells their keyboard and forbids Monika from attending the concert. Nonetheless, her decision does not stop Monika, who cooks up a scheme to get €100 in order to hire the keyboard. Struggling to raise the sum, she ends up abducting her own grandmother, pretending to kidnap her and demanding a ransom from her mother. The film is being funded by the Lithuanian Film Center, Screen Ireland and RTÉ, the Irish public broadcaster. Filming took place in Vilnius and Dublin between June and August last year.

ROMA by Alfonso Cuaron, producer: PUENTES graduate Nicolas Celis Lopez, co-producer: EAVE graduate Sandino Saravia Vinay was awarded Best Film of the Year and Best Director by the United Kingdom’s association of film critics, the Critics' Circle.

THE FAVOURITE by Yorgos Lanthimos, producer: EAVE graduate Ed Guiney won four awards, including British/Irish Film and Screenwriter, plus Actress and Supporting Actress for Olivia Colman and Rachel Weisz, respectively.

A panel discussion “ANOTHER YEAR OF MAJOR CHANGE IN MEDIA ECONOMICS " has been led by EAVE Finance expert Linda Beath. The session is available to watch online on www.eave.org for a limited time, until February 18!

EAVE graduate Marika Kozlovska held a workshop at IFFR Pro Hub Panel about how to deliver your film and develop an international market strategy.

EAVE Marketing Workshop expert Michael Arnon (WOLF) took part of the panel “Maximise the International Potential of Your Film and Reach an Audience” during which film professionals discussed the hurdles faced by today’s independent emerging filmmakers, as they struggle to make their mark within an increasingly competitive environment.

Moving Sweden Seminar, a micro-budget scheme intended to give both new and experienced filmmakers a chance to challenge their creativity and explore new formats, is organized during Göteborg Festival. Kristina Trapp, EAVE (European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs) CEO will contribute among the cinephille experts.

]]>LAST CHANCE TO APPLY: EAVE+ 2019tag:https://eave.org/news,2019:/7.40302019-01-29T12:39:04Z2019-01-29T13:41:05Zlillaklilla@eave.orghttp://www.eave.orgApplications are still open until February 1, 2019 for the next edition of EAVE+!

15 producers gather during 4 days to discuss their company structures, management practices and new business models together with high-profile industry experts. In immersive role-plays, group work, individual coaching and through an interdisciplinary approach, the EAVE+ workshop will tackle the business side of running a film company. Top-notch business and management coaches will explore topics such as cashflow management, leadership, company strategies, negotiation with financiers and partners, distribution models and revenue streams, and raising finance from investors. EAVE+ will take place during April 3-7, 2019 in Luxembourg.

]]>Extended deadline for TIES THAT BIND 2019!tag:https://eave.org/news,2019:/7.40292019-01-29T12:20:09Z2019-01-30T14:55:10Zlillaklilla@eave.orghttp://www.eave.orgEXTENDED DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: February 14, 2019

The call for applications for the next edition of TIES THAT BIND – Asia / Europe Co-Production Workshop in 2019 is now open.TIES THAT BIND is the leading training programme for European-Asian co-production. The participants will work with top-notch industry professionals from both continents. The sessions will focus on script development, co-production between Asia and Europe, public and private financing in the two regions, marketing and distribution, and the legal aspects of co-production. They will meet leading Asian and European sales agents, funders and potential co-producers during the FOCUS ASIA All Genres Project Market in Udine and the Southeast Asian Film Financing (SAFF) Forum in Singapore.

NEW in 2019: We are now also open to TV series or animation fiction films in development, in addition to feature fiction films. TTB is targeted at European & Asian producers. We will select 5 European and 5 Asian producers.

We also welcome applications of other European professionals interested in working with Asia (sales agents, financiers, distributors, festival programmers, co-production market representatives) or European producers without project. 5 of them will be selected to be an active part of the group. In order to benefit from all aspects of the programme, they will be able to pair with a participant with a project and attend the meetings with the experts and decision makers together.

The 15 participants will attend 2 workshops:Workshop 1 will take place from April 29 – May 3, 2019 within the framework of the Udine Far East Film Festival (April 26 – May 4, 2019) in Italy. Workshop 2 will be organised at the end of November/beginning of December 2019 in Singapore during the Southeast Asian Film Financing (SAFF) Forum in partnership with the Southeast Asian Audio-Visual Association (SAAVA).

]]>Apply now for PUENTES 2019tag:https://eave.org/news,2019:/7.40282019-01-29T09:55:25Z2019-01-29T13:41:26Zlillaklilla@eave.orghttp://www.eave.orgApply now and until February 20, 2019!

PUENTES is targeted at Latin American & European producers focusing on project development, 10 of which will be selected for the workshop. We are also open to receive the applications of other European professionals interested in working with Latin America (sales agents, financiers, distributors, festival programmers, co-production market representatives) or European producers focusing on career development (not bringing a specific project), 4-5 of them will be selected to be an active part of the group.

The 14-15 selected participants attend 2 workshops. The first one will be held in Lazio Region, Italy (June 10-14, 2019) in partnership with FVG Audiovisual Fund, with the support of MIBAC (Ministero dei Beni Ambientali e Culturali). Workshop 2 will be held in Montevideo, Uruguay in November 2019, just before Ventana Sur in partnership with Mutante Cine, with the support of ICAU (Instituto de Cine y Audiovisual del Uruguay), Egeda, Montevideo Socio Audiovisual and Centro Cultural España. For 2019, PUENTES has received support from IBERMEDIA PROGRAMME that will allow us to provide scholarships to participants from Latin America, Spain, Portugal and Italy. Thanks to a special partnership, all participants are able to attend VENTANA SUR (December 2019 – dates TBC, in Buenos Aires) after workshop 2.